Ted Silary has covered high school sports in Philadelphia
since December 1975, first for two years for the old Philadelphia Bulletin,
then from
December 1977 through August 2013 for the Philadelphia Daily News, and now
exclusively for this website. He specifically has covered the city beat,
which includes the Public, Catholic and Inter-Ac Leagues.

Ted lived on Rittenhouse Street, in East Germantown, until age 12 and then moved
to a small section of Springfield, Montgomery County, called Northwoods. The nearby towns
are Oreland and Glenside. Ted began his writing career while a student at Penn
Charter School (class of '69). Each Monday, en route to school, he dropped off weekly
wrapups of PC sports activities at the offices of The Germantown Courier.

While spending two years at Ithaca College, Ted majored in TV-radio, announced
several basketball games on the campus radio station and learned from such guest lecturers
as "Twilight Zone" creator Rod Serling.

After transferring to Temple, he began working part-time as a
reporter/proofreader at Montgomery Newspapers, in Fort Washington, and he became a
full-time staff member in the spring of 1972.

Many times through the years, Ted was given opportunities to "move
up" in the business by switching to college or professional beats. He
politely declined. His feelings on the matter: Why would I give up the best job at this
paper? There's nothing more enjoyable than reporting on the triumphs of young people.